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Bachmeier, A.S., Shipham, M.C., Browell, E.V., Grant, W.B. and Klassa, J.M. (1994). Stratospheric/tropospheric exchange affecting the northern wetlands regions of Canada during summer 1990. Journal of Geophysical Research 99: doi: 10.1029/93JD02179. issn: 0148-0227. |
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The Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE) 3B was conducted over the northern wetlands region of Canada during July and August 1990. Several stratospheric/tropospheric exchange events were noted by zenith-looking airborne lidar and in situ measurements of ozone and other trace gas species. Isentropic trajectories and potential vorticity analyses are utilized to determine the frequency of stratospheric inputs which would have affected the tropospheric column over the Moosonee and Schefferville regions and to describe the favored pathways of transport of stratospheric air arriving at these locations. At the 310 K potential temperature level (middle troposphere), trajectories having ''aged stratospheric'' values of potential vorticity at some point in their 5-day history arrived at Moosonee or Schefferville roughly 40% of the time during the ABLE 3B study period, most often via large-scale subsidence enroute from ''stratospheric input regions'' over the Arctic Ocean or northern and central Canada. At 325 K (upper troposphere), ''fresh'' stratospheric input was evident on about 80% of the trajectories, most often associated with jet streaks within the polar and Arctic jet streams. A case study is presented which illustrates both of these general statospheric input processes. |
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Keywords
Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Synoptic-scale meteorology, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere—composition and chemistry, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Polar meteorology |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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